“The Foolish Bird” (2017) by Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka
Director Huang Ji has taken it upon herself to be the voice for China’s left-behind children, children that have been left at home with relatives, as their parents move to the bigger cities in search of work and a livelihood. After her excellent debut film “Egg and Stone” in 2012, she reteams with leading lady Yao Honggui to bring us a tale of another left-behind girl as she goes through the trials and tribulations of growing up and a rude coming-of-age.
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A young couple with a baby are told their rent is going up next month by more than 25 percent. The rapacious landlords are abusive and confrontational; accusations fly, along with ethnic slurs, and fists. The couple has to move, obviously, but can’t find anything that’s not dirtier, smaller and more expensive than they’d like. They use brokers, who shuttle them from one substandard craphole to another.
Oubliette Magazine - FEFF 2018: Sezione China Now – “The Foolish Bird” di Huang Ji e Otsuka Ryuji
Il Far East di Udine è conosciuto come festival del cinema popolare asiatico, ma non per questo volta le spalle alle produzioni indipendenti, specie se queste occupano un ruolo di prim’ordine nella conquista di nuovi spazi e rilievi nel panorama internazionale.
VCINEMA - The Foolish Bird (China, 2017)
Il Far East di Udine è conosciuto come festival del cinema popolare asiatico, ma non per questo volta le spalle alle produzioni indipendenti, specie se queste occupano un ruolo di prim’ordine nella conquista di nuovi spazi e rilievi nel panorama internazionale.